u/jnverted

I wanna know other people’s opinions on this. Out of all the insults men use towards women, I think “bitch” is the one I hate the most. Something about it feels EXTREMELY degrading to me, probably because it literally means a female dog. I could write a whole essay about the dehumanisation of women, how throughout history dogs have lived to serve men, and how both dogs and women are seen as property, yada yada.

I have male friends who say it occasionally (not often), and every time I hear it I get super angry. Like way angrier than I probably should, to the point where they’ve taken it out of their vocabulary because they know I’ll block them for using it. I don’t even fully understand why it triggers such a strong reaction in me. I hate how normalised it is. I hate hearing it in movies, shows, songs, ect. Like i genuinely will refuse to listen to a song if a guy keeps referring to women as bitches, it disgusts me so much.

I feel like im overreacting a ton because I know it’s not actually a slur. I feel dramatic for reacting to it so strongly, and insensitive because i know there are groups out there that actually do have to deal with slurs being hurled at them on the daily. But at the same time, it just feels really disrespectful in a way other insults towards women don’t.

Before I get started, I want to say that there’s absolutely nothing wrong with masculine women.

I wish there was more feminine representation in big AAA games. It feels like femininity in female protagonists is often toned down or removed.

Think of Ellie Williams and Abby Anderson from TLOU, Sadie Adler RDR2, Female V from Cyberpunk2077, Atsu from ghosts of yotei, ect. They are all amazing characters, and I love them dearly, but they mostly fall into a similar “hardened, gritty, masculine, emotionally restrained” style. This itself isn’t an issue, however given the fact that there’s very little feminine representation in AAA games, it feels like it’s done on purpose.

It sometimes comes across like female protagonists are shaped to be easier to spoon feed to misogynists who already complain about female protagonists existing at all.

I think part of that comes from femininity being treated as weak, embarrassing, or not taken seriously. So female characters are shaped to feel more “acceptable” to wider (often male) audiences.

Meanwhile women have played games starring hypermasculine men for decades without acting like it ruins the game. I just want more variety and more feminine female protagonists who are still treated as competent, cool, and worthy of being taken seriously, without femininity being treated like a disadvantage

Any variation of that phrase counts

There’s been a trend going around where people people have been using a glitch that gives them a moving pfp, and every video I see about it has 100k+ likes. Do you think this could influence TikTok into adding it as a real feature? I’d love that.

I remember a couple years ago we could upload videos as our profile pictures, but people were exploiting it and posting inappropriate stuff, so that lowers my expectations of them ever adding it back. I still have hope though.

Ive been on 30mg of accutane since the 1st of April 2026. Since then, ive found it difficult to breathe through my nose. I CAN breathe, but it feels like my nostrils, especially my right one, are blocked. But I’ve been continuously checking and there’s nothing there. Sometimes, like now, my nose is fine and doesn’t feel blocked, but most of the time the only relief I can get is when I pull my cheek to the side, I’m guessing that’s opening up my sinuses or something?

Is this a side effect of accutane drying me out, or could it be something else? I did have a nosejob nearly a year ago, so I’m wondering if it’s that. However, I think it’s unlikely because my nose is almost fully healed, this issue only started the week after I began accutane, and there are times where I can breathe normally, so I don’t think it’s a permanent structural issue